Patrol Cars News & Articles

Patrol Cars News & Articles

Rising fuel costs drive move to economical but unconventional transportRelated article: Mo. police offcers aiming to be 'innovative' By Oliver Burkeman The Guardian Click here if you are having trouble ...

By Jim Schoettler The Florida Times-UnionJACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A 61-year-old man walking his dog died late Tuesday after being struck by a Jacksonville police car on its way to call of gunshots being ...

By John R. Ellement The Boston GlobeBOSTON — Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley today decided against prosecuting a Boston Police officer whose cruiser collided with another vehicle in South ...

By Lilly Leung The Arizona Republic SURPRISE, Ariz. — A Surprise police officer was badly injured in a traffic accident today as he responded to a hot call about an officer-involved shooting. Officer ...

Related articles: You snooze, you lose? The opposite may be true Calif. officer cites fatigue in fatal crashIt happened almost a decade ago, but I remember it like it was yesterday. I was a new sergeant ...

By Keith Bowers PoliceOne.com EditorNavigating intersections can be the most dangerous and time-consuming part of emergency response in law enforcement, and when lives are potentially at stake, every second ...

Two years ago, the Oklahoma City Police Department was like most others. The largest law enforcement agency in the state, it was dealing with the same issues most other large agencies around the country ...

By NANCY BEAN FOSTER Union Leader (Manchester, N.H.) AMHERST — One of the most dangerous situations that police officers face on a daily business doesn't involve guns or drug dealers or armed standoffs, ...

Michelle Machado The Record STOCKTON, Calif. — Jerry LaBarber is probably one of the few people who can strip parts from police cars and get away with it. LaBarber is a city of Stockton mechanic whose ...

By Craig Peterson Click here to subscribe to Law Officer Magazine In the years ahead, model-year 2006 will likely be remembered as one of the strangest on record. After a decade of dominating the market ...

Photo by Kurt Kelley, PoliceOne BY MIKE BERRY The Wichita Eagle via Knight Ridder Following our report last week that the Kansas Highway Patrol is going to be giving the new Dodge Charger police package ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ford Motor Co. is recalling more than 150,000 vehicles used by police departments and taxi companies because of reports of problems with insulation on the dashboard becoming overheated, ...